10 U.S. Code § 1116 - Payments into the Fund

(a)At the beginning of each fiscal year after September 30, 2005, the Secretary of the Treasury shall promptly pay into the Fund from the General Fund of the Treasury—

(1)the amount certified to the Secretary by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (c), which shall be the contribution to the Fund for that fiscal year required by section
1115; and

(2)the amount determined by each administering Secretary under section
1111(c) as the contribution to the Fund on behalf of the members of the uniformed services under the jurisdiction of that Secretary.

(b)At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall determine the sum of the following:

(1)The amount of the payment for that year under the amortization schedule determined by the Board of Actuaries under section
1115(a) of this title for the amortization of the original unfunded liability of the Fund.

(2)The amount (including any negative amount) of the Department of Defense contribution for that year as determined by the Secretary of Defense under section
1115(b) of this title.

(3)The amount (including any negative amount) for that year under the most recent amortization schedule determined by the Secretary of Defense under section
1115(c)(2) of this title for the amortization of any cumulative unfunded liability (or any gain) to the Fund resulting from changes in benefits.

(4)The amount (including any negative amount) for that year under the most recent amortization schedule determined by the Secretary of Defense under section
1115(c)(3) of this title for the amortization of any cumulative actuarial gain or loss to the Fund resulting from actuarial assumption changes.

(5)The amount (including any negative amount) for that year under the most recent amortization schedule determined by the Secretary of Defense under section
1115(c)(4) of this title for the amortization of any cumulative actuarial gain or loss to the Fund resulting from actuarial experience.

(c)The Secretary of Defense shall promptly certify the amount determined under subsection (b) each year to the Secretary of the Treasury.

(d)At the same time as the Secretary of Defense makes the certification under subsection (c), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives the information provided to the Secretary of the Treasury under that subsection.

2004—Pub. L. 108–375reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, section related to, in subsec. (a), calculation of the Department of Defense monthly contribution to the Fund, in subsec. (b), separate calculation by a participating uniformed service, in subsec. (c), payments to the Fund at the beginning of each fiscal year by the Secretary of the Treasury, and, in subsec. (d), amounts paid into the Fund under subsec. (a) from the pay of members of the participating uniformed services.

Pub. L. 107–107, § 711(b)(4), (d)(1), inserted “under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense” after “uniformed services” and struck out at end “Amounts paid into the Fund under this subsection shall be paid from funds available for the Defense Health Program.”.

Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VII, § 711(g),Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1167, provided that: “With respect to contributions under section
1116(a) of title
10, United States Code, for the first year that the Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund is established under chapter 56 of such title, if the Board of Actuaries is unable to execute its responsibilities with respect to such section, the Secretary of Defense may make contributions under such section using methods and assumptions developed by the Secretary.”

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